The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-02-05

Hebbville, I'd District.-Mr. BENZ. Owings
highly esteemed and lifelong citizen of this
community, died last Saturday at his sisters, in
| Baltimore It is thought the cause of his death
was Bright's disease. The funeral services were
held in Salem Church, at this place, last Monday,
and the interment was made in Hebbville ceme-
| terry. The deceased was about 60 years old. Rev.
DR.. Flor, of the Reformed Church, Baltimore, Off
| ciated.
The appointment of Mr.. Caleb Hobbs, of Ran
dallstown, as constable for this district by the
County Commissioners, has caused much dissatis-
faction in the district. He keeps drinking place
and was lately found guilty of violating the law.
choir has been organized at Salem Church,
Prof. Henry Buppert, leader, and Miss Annie
Kalb, organist The choir numbers about twenty
five. Their sweet symphonies and harmonic
periods doubt will elate the large congregation
gathered Sabbath after Sabbath to hear their very
worthy pastor, Rev. H. N. Greninger. They
made their debut last Sunday night.
Mr.. Frederick Kluth, relative of Mr.. William
Leibno, died at Arlington, last Sunday, and was
buried on Tuesday at that place. The cause of
his death was consumption.
The White Grounds literary association held the
most interesting meeting of the winter on Friday
night of last week. The programme was very en-
tertaining, and the renditions in both music and
literature received great praise throughout. Prof
Schawne of Alberton, and Mr.. Washington Hips
livening. Miss Mollie McDaniels' Rotations
were splendidE rendered and received great ap-
plause. Misses Nettie Upton's and Florence I'll
manus's duet was highly appreciated. Master
Clifton Smink's rendition of "They'll hang me,
mother" was rendered with great deal of pathos.
The question, "Resolved that it is better to be
born blind than to be born mute" was discussed
by Messrs. Schawne, Hpsley, Zimmerman, Fish
paugh, Smith and others, and decided by Messrs.
Hemp, Hughs and Mullinix, judges, in the mega
tive
The politics of the I'd district are assuming
shape. The clans are being marshaled, the party
whip applied, and the weak kneed forced to the
front to prevent their skulking. Already one of
the old veterans has been asked to enroll his name
delegate. 1t is believed that if Mr.. Frank
Parlett leads the opposition to the present County
Commissioners, the I'd district will decide against
hird-termism in office.
Your New Freedom correspondent, in his article
on "Climatic Changes" seems to be little off,
Has he considered that as far north as men have
penetrated and been able to enter the earth, rich
carbonferous deposits are found, while along the
isothermal line, varying either side of the equa-
tor, no such deposits are known to exist? There
being vegetable deposits is ample proof that at
some epoch in the worlds history vegetation grew
very luxurantly in that far off region that is now
clad in eternal snow. It also proves that the
heat of the sun is essential to healthy vegetable
growth that the solar rays fell vertically at that
period upon that part of the earth. 1t also proves
that there no such deposits along the
equator that at that period the solar rays fell very
obliquely if at all upon the equatorial line, as at
present. Had they, doubt there would have
been luxurant growth of vegetation, and conse-
quently vast deposits of coal. So vice versa, at
some period of the worlds history the antarctic
regions the recipient of vertical solar rays,
now ice. bound the year round. Modern astronom
ica Investigations declare that the earth's eiptica
variation in its solstce is one tenthousandth part
of degree in year. According to this it has
been 600, 900 years since the suns rays fell
tically upon the North Pole. Hence the "climatic
changes" said to have taken place at New Free
dom in the last two hundred years were not due
to this solstitial variation. T.